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Delivering packet to neighbours

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eastie
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Delivering packet to neighbours

Post by eastie »

I was under the impression the customer was the one that sent the item and not the person receiving it.
If I paid for a parcel to be delivered I want it delivered to THAT address , not the junkie next door that needs some money for example.
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Post by not me »

eastie wrote:I was under the impression the customer was the one that sent the item and not the person receiving it.
If I paid for a parcel to be delivered I want it delivered to THAT address , not the junkie next door that needs some money for example.

and your point is?
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Post by Bahia Feliz »

custard wrote:

and your point is?
That not all people want their packages delivered to a neighbour?!
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Post by Sidley »

I agree that opt out should be the default position and folk who want stuff delivered to their neighbours should opt in.
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Post by ben19 »

If it's anything like my delivery then the neighbours won't be in anyway!
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Post by newtimes »

Sidley wrote:I agree that opt out should be the default position and folk who want stuff delivered to their neighbours should opt in.
very good point, "junk" mail people, should opt in. :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana
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Post by doorstepped »

I asked my DIM in WTL today that if this deliver to neighbour was going country wide " are you going to pay the overtime that will be created by 5 minute delivery times "
2 minutes to knock on the door and wait for no answer, walk to next door, two minutes to wait for door to answer and sign for item, walk back to original house and docket it. = 5 mins per leg packet / recorded delivery give or take a minute.

his answer was we will see what will happen on a daily basis lol

I will just docket them no matter what, if they ain't gonna pay the OT then I won't be knocking on other neighbours doors, simples. . .
eastie
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We had this in WTL this morning and this is why I started the thread .
What about Recorded delivery?
Surely recorded delivery is a record of delivery to the address on the parcel , not next door or the house opposite.
If this was implimented it would get rediculous because people would put notes on their doors saying "Postman can you deliver it to no 6 and if their not in try no 32"
But then after the p/l fiasco dont hold your breath
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Post by RedBagMan »

eastie wrote: it would get ridiculous because people would put notes on their doors saying "Postman can you deliver it to no 6 and if their not in try no 32"
Rather be told which neighbours to deliver to than ending up delivering to one half of a major neighbourly feud by mistake ...
"We're under model" - oh no we're not - stick your lapse elsewhere ...
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Post by fishtank »

It's a Pandora's box of possible issues that should be avoided if at all possible in my humble opinion.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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Post by not me »

eastie wrote:We had this in WTL this morning and this is why I started the thread .
What about Recorded delivery?
Surely recorded delivery is a record of delivery to the address on the parcel , not next door or the house opposite.
If this was implimented it would get rediculous because people would put notes on their doors saying "Postman can you deliver it to no 6 and if their not in try no 32"
But then after the p/l fiasco dont hold your breath
If going to 32 isnt feasible,then don't do it
For RD,you put a symbol (can't remember if its an ! or *) either side of the name to show it was delivered to a neighbour
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Post by eastie »

custard wrote:
eastie wrote:We had this in WTL this morning and this is why I started the thread .
What about Recorded delivery?
Surely recorded delivery is a record of delivery to the address on the parcel , not next door or the house opposite.
If this was implimented it would get rediculous because people would put notes on their doors saying "Postman can you deliver it to no 6 and if their not in try no 32"
But then after the p/l fiasco dont hold your breath
If going to 32 isnt feasible,then don't do it
For RD,you put a symbol (can't remember if its an ! or *) either side of the name to show it was delivered to a neighbour
Never heard of that before, I was always told RD's had to be signed by a person at the property.
Otherwise if you deliver to another address its not a recorded delivery to the address from the customer.
You can just see it in a few years , you knock on one door and ask them to take the packets for the whole street :nana
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Post by dvbuk55 »

eastie wrote:
custard wrote:
eastie wrote:We had this in WTL this morning and this is why I started the thread .
What about Recorded delivery?
Surely recorded delivery is a record of delivery to the address on the parcel , not next door or the house opposite.
If this was implimented it would get rediculous because people would put notes on their doors saying "Postman can you deliver it to no 6 and if their not in try no 32"
But then after the p/l fiasco dont hold your breath
If going to 32 isnt feasible,then don't do it
For RD,you put a symbol (can't remember if its an ! or *) either side of the name to show it was delivered to a neighbour
Never heard of that before, I was always told RD's had to be signed by a person at the property.
Otherwise if you deliver to another address its not a recorded delivery to the address from the customer.
You can just see it in a few years , you knock on one door and ask them to take the packets for the whole street :nana
Whilst they're delivering the packets they might as well take the mail too - just think, one drop per street/road on a 6 hour delivery..........................one bloke would be able to manage a fair sized town :cuppa
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Re: Delivering packet to neighbours

Post by mcrpostie2012 »

dvbuk55 wrote:
eastie wrote:
custard wrote:
eastie wrote:We had this in WTL this morning and this is why I started the thread .
What about Recorded delivery?
Surely recorded delivery is a record of delivery to the address on the parcel , not next door or the house opposite.
If this was implimented it would get rediculous because people would put notes on their doors saying "Postman can you deliver it to no 6 and if their not in try no 32"
But then after the p/l fiasco dont hold your breath
If going to 32 isnt feasible,then don't do it
For RD,you put a symbol (can't remember if its an ! or *) either side of the name to show it was delivered to a neighbour
Never heard of that before, I was always told RD's had to be signed by a person at the property.
Otherwise if you deliver to another address its not a recorded delivery to the address from the customer.
You can just see it in a few years , you knock on one door and ask them to take the packets for the whole street :nana
Whilst they're delivering the packets they might as well take the mail too - just think, one drop per street/road on a 6 hour delivery..........................one bloke would be able to manage a fair sized town :cuppa
Then you can scrap the DOs, just have the MC drivers in 7.5 ton trucks dropping off the mail at the end of a street, then one of the residents could be something called a postie, and take the mail to each house, then gradually the number of drops will go down, they'll get a big building in the middle of town, with some vans, call it a DO and just have one drop for the town.....

...reinventing the wheel a bit aren't we?
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Post by justdeno »

mcrpostie2012 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:
eastie wrote:
custard wrote:
eastie wrote:We had this in WTL this morning and this is why I started the thread .
What about Recorded delivery?
Surely recorded delivery is a record of delivery to the address on the parcel , not next door or the house opposite.
If this was implimented it would get rediculous because people would put notes on their doors saying "Postman can you deliver it to no 6 and if their not in try no 32"
But then after the p/l fiasco dont hold your breath
If going to 32 isnt feasible,then don't do it
For RD,you put a symbol (can't remember if its an ! or *) either side of the name to show it was delivered to a neighbour
Never heard of that before, I was always told RD's had to be signed by a person at the property.
Otherwise if you deliver to another address its not a recorded delivery to the address from the customer.
You can just see it in a few years , you knock on one door and ask them to take the packets for the whole street :nana
Whilst they're delivering the packets they might as well take the mail too - just think, one drop per street/road on a 6 hour delivery..........................one bloke would be able to manage a fair sized town :cuppa
Then you can scrap the DOs, just have the MC drivers in 7.5 ton trucks dropping off the mail at the end of a street, then one of the residents could be something called a postie, and take the mail to each house, then gradually the number of drops will go down, they'll get a big building in the middle of town, with some vans, call it a DO and just have one drop for the town.....

...reinventing the wheel a bit aren't we?
I've said this for this for the last 5 year's . Have just been told have 13mins to do 114 delivery points,so it all adds at. :Very Happy 'and that's a rural.